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Internet In Cyprus
Telecommunications in Cyprus includes radio, television, fixed and mobile telephones, and the Internet, in the Republic of Cyprus. CYTA, the state-owned telecommunications company, manages most telecommunications and internet connections on the island. However, following the recent liberalization of the telecommunications sector, a few private telecommunications companies, have emerged. Radio and television The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC, , ) is the main broadcaster in Cyprus, although there are also privately owned 4 radio and 3 TV stations. A television channel from the Greek state broadcaster ERT (ERT World) is available. The British Forces Broadcasting Service also operates radio and TV stations, although the TV signal is now confined to the Sovereign Base Areas or encrypted for copyright reasons. *Radio stations: A mixture of state and privately run radio services; the public broadcaster operates 4 radio stations; in addition a number of private radio statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Television Set
A television set or television receiver (more commonly called TV, TV set, television, telly, or tele) is an electronic device for viewing and hearing television broadcasts, or as a computer monitor. It combines a tuner, display, and loudspeakers. Introduced in the late 1920s in mechanical form, television sets became a popular consumer product after World War II in electronic form, using cathode-ray tube (CRT) technology. The addition of color to broadcast television after 1953 further increased the popularity of television sets in the 1960s, and an outdoor antenna became a common feature of suburban homes. The ubiquitous television set became the display device for the first recorded media for consumer use in the 1970s, such as Betamax, VHS; these were later succeeded by DVD. It has been used as a display device since the first generation of home computers (e.g. Timex Sinclair 1000) and dedicated video game consoles (e.g., Atari) in the 1980s. By the early 2010s, flat-pane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Nova (Forthnet)
Nova Telecommunications & Media S.M.S.A. is a Greek telecommunications company which provides broadband, television, mobile and fixed services. It also offers satellite services in Cyprus. It was traded on the Athens Exchange until its delisting in 2021. In June 2016, the services for clients and SMEs were rebranded under the Nova brand. The company gave up Forthnet brand completely in June 2020. On 29 May 2020 BC Partners' United Group agreed to purchase a majority stake in Nova from a consortium of 4 Greek banks. As of 29 April 2021 is the sole shareholder. On October 15, 2021, Nova announced that they would be shutting down some of their older services (like Dialup, Call-by-Call and old technology ADSL) on December 15 of the same year. On January 11, 2023, Wind Hellas merged with Nova, resulting in the rebranding of all fixed and mobile telephony, internet, and pay-TV services under the Nova brand. The merger created the second largest integrated telecommunications provid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Epic (Cyprus)
Epic Ltd (from 2004 to 2007 Areeba Ltd, and then from 2007 to 2019 MTN Cyprus Ltd), is a Cyprus based telecommunications service provider owned by Monaco Telecom. It is the second largest mobile network operator in Cyprus by number of subscribers, behind Cyta. In addition to its already established mobile network, the company is a provider of fixed telephony, broadband services and TV. History Areeba (2004–2007) The company commenced its operations in Cyprus in July 2004 as ''Areeba'' after being granted the second mobile telephony licence by the Cyprus Government. In December 2004, Areeba introduced the first 3G network in Cyprus. MTN (2007–2019) In September 2007 Areeba was rebranded to ''MTN'' after its parent company ( Investcom) was acquired by the multinational telecommunications company MTN Group. In March 2008, MTN upgraded its 3G network to support HSPA (marketed as 3.5G). In October 2008, the MTN Group and Amaracos Holdings entered into a partnership wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Internet Protocol Television
Internet Protocol television (IPTV), also called TV over broadband, is the service delivery of television over Internet Protocol (IP) networks. Usually sold and run by a telecom provider, it consists of broadcast live television that is streamed over the Internet ( multicast) — in contrast to delivery through traditional terrestrial, satellite, and cable transmission formats — as well as video on demand services for watching or replaying content ( unicast). IPTV broadcasts started gaining usage during the 2000s alongside the rising use of broadband-based internet connections. It is often provided bundled with internet access services by ISPs to subscribers and runs in a closed network. IPTV normally requires the use of a set-top box, which receives the encoded television content in the MPEG transport stream via IP multicast, and converts the packets to be watched on a TV set or other kind of display. It is distinct from over-the-top (OTT) services, which are based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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AC Omonia
Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia (; ''Athlitikós Sýllogos Omónoia Lefkosías''), commonly known as Omonia Nicosia, or simply Omonia (also Romanization of Greek, transliterated as Omonoia), is a Cyprus, Cypriot professional multi-sport club, established on 4 June 1948 in Nicosia. It is best known for its Association football, football department, which has participated in the Cypriot First Division since 1953. On 14 June 2018, the football department of AC Omonia became a professional for-profit football company, and is since known as Omonoia Nicosia, Omonia FC. It's the biggest football club in Cyprus. Omonia is one of Cyprus' most successful Football team, football clubs, having won 21 Cypriot First Division, National Championships, 16 Cypriot Cup, Cups, and a record 17 Cypriot Super Cup, Super Cups. Omonia has won five Double (association football), doubles and a record three domestic Treble (association football), trebles, and is one of three Cypriot clubs to never have been r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Greek Cinema (TV Channel)
Greek Cinema is a Greek language film channel that airs the best classic and contemporary films from Greece. It is the first 24-hour film channel in the world dedicated to Greek cinema. It is owned and operated by Attica Media Group, a media conglomerate in Greece that specializes in magazine publishing as well as TV & radio broadcasting. Greek Cinema channel airs an eclectic array of films, spanning all time periods from the golden age of Greek cinema (the 1950s and 1960s) to more contemporary fare from the 1970s-1990s. It also airs films from a wide variety of genres including comedies, dramas, romance, crime, adventure as well as historical films. Greek Cinema airs films from the top film studios in Greece including Finos Film, Karayiannis-Karatzopoulos and Papandreou Productions. Availability Greek Cinema originally launched on 16 January 2012 in Greece via a partnership with OTE TV, a Greek pay-TV operator that offers Satellite television and IPTV services. OTE TV launched ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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MultiChoice
MultiChoice is a South Africa, South African company that operates DStv, a major satellite television service in Sub-Saharan Africa. The company also operates GOtv Africa, GOtv, a minor satellite TV service operating in 9 countries, and Showmax, a Video on demand#Subscription models, subscription video on-demand Over-the-top media service, over-the-top Streaming media, streaming service. MultiChoice was formed out of the subscriber-management branch of the M-Net terrestrial television, terrestrial pay television company, and broadcasts the full range of M-Net channels on the DStv service. MultiChoice is owned by the media conglomerate of the same name. One of the subsidiaries of MultiChoice is DStv Stream, formally DStv Now then DStv App, a service that delivers television transmission to mobile devices such as laptops, smart phones and notebooks. Formerly, MultiChoice had operations in the Scandinavian, Benelux, Italy, Eastern Europe, Greek & Cypriot regions under the Filmnet T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Sigma TV
Sigma TV is a commercial network in Cyprus that began broadcasting on April 3 1995. It is a private service and is currently the channel in Cyprus with the best ratings. Sigma TV is geared at a younger audience, with a focus on 18-45 year olds. It broadcasts a mix of original programs as well as popular foreign programming. Sigma is a general entertainment station with programming that includes Children's shows, sports, news, movies, series and popular telenovelas from Latin America. Sigma was affiliated with Alpha TV from Greece from January 2010 to January 2016 due to a licensing agreement. Sigma is currently affiliated with Skai TV and MAD TV. Furthermore, it has secured programming deals with studios from the U.S. and around the world. Programming Sigma broadcasts a mix of foreign, Cypriot and Greek programmes. These shows can be categorised as sports, children's and current affairs programming; along with foreign Programme 2014/2015 News & Current Affairs *Protoselido (Fron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Plus TV (Cyprus)
Plus TV is a private national free-to-air television channel. It is the sixth private TV channel established in Cyprus. Its first official broadcast took place on July 28, 2006. History Its first official broadcast was in the mid-2000s as ''Astra TV'' until 2005 when it was renamed to ''Axia Channel''. Later, on July 28, 2006 it changed to ''CNC Plus TV'', with ''CNC'' meaning ''Cyprus New Channel''. It broadcast a pilot program with children's and music shows. After January 2007, it changed to its current name (Plus TV) with the acronym CNC later removed after August 2007. In July 2006, it maintained a partnership with Alter Channel while also including more Cypriot productions and partnership with Greek Alpha TV and 902 TV. In September 2007 the channel changed ownership and made ‘rapid improvements’. At the end of the 2009-2010 season Plus TV occupied the lowest audience share among the nationwide channels, with direct implications for advertising value. In 2009, it s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Omega TV Cyprus
Omega TV is a free-to-air, free to air terrestrial TV channel. It is the first private television channel established in Cyprus. Since the launch of the channel in 1992, it has been ‘dedicated to broadcasting high quality Cypriot and Greek programming.’ This includes kids programs as well as Church orientated programs. The channel also imports successful series from abroad and shows these in their original language with Greek subtitles. Popular local programs include , and . The Cypriot television channel has also broadcast successful series such as (Naked Angels) in 2010 and (It was a dream) in 2013 and also has long-standing agreements in place to broadcasting content from both Star Channel (Greek TV channel), Star Channel and Open TV in Greece. History Initially known as (the word), the channel launched in 1992 under the auspices of the Church of Cyprus. In this phase, the channel censored scenes of nudity, homosexuality and swearing from the movies it bought. One of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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ANT1 Cyprus
Antenna, better known as ANT1, is Cyprus's third private television station. It has already demonstrated 30 years of dynamic and credible presence in the market. The station launched in 1993, 4 years after establishing the ANT1 in Greece in 1989. Since its formation, the station has been the leader in ratings in its news bulletins and local series. ANT1 wholly supplies Greek programs in Greece, and foreign entertainment ranges from daily series to shows and blockbuster films. The company also formed ANT1 Radio 102,7 - 103,7 in 1998, mainly focused on the entertainment aspect, with high-quality entertainment and informative programs that attract tens of thousands of listeners daily, anytime and anywhere. About its online presence, ant1live.com covers breaking news, sports, lifestyle news, and broadcasts. It also includes ANT1 TV and radio streams for free. The online produces both status and ratings and together, which was the company's main focus. The television unit established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |